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W. O. VAN OISE. CONNECTION FOR 00mm) SPRINGS.

No. 569,256. Patented Oct. 13, 1896.

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CONNECTION FOR COILBD SPRINGS.

No. 569,256. Patented Oct. 13, 1896.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAU C. VAN CISE, OF JAMESTOVVN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO'JOSEPH M. HIMEBAUGII, OF SAME PLACE.

CONNECTION FOR SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 569,256, d t d O t ber 13, 1896.

Application filed January 10, 1896.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. VAN CISE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jamestown, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Connections for Coiled Springs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to make a cheap and substantial connection for coiled springs for beds and upholstery work; and the improvement consists in using wide metal strips for connecting the coils and upsetting a long wide loop in the center of these strips at the proper distance to connect the coils and hold them in position, all of which will be fully understood by this specification and the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of bed-spring and connecting-strips. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of single-cone spring. Fig. 4 is a sectional View of double-cone spring on line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of double-cone spring with parts reversed. Fig. 6 is a sectional side elevation of a doublecone spring and connections. Fig. 7 is a sectional view of metal strips.

In the drawings, Fig. 7 represents two sections 8 8 of metal bands, made, preferably, of steel, in which are formed the long wide loops at 4, as shown. These loops are of suitable length to take one coil of the spring inside the slot so formed, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6. I sometimes use this connecting-strip at small end of the single cone springs, as in Figs. 1 and 2, and by depressing this loop within the coil it holds both sides of the coil firmly without any other device. I sometimes use narrower strips of steel to connect in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 1, and these narrow strips 2 2 may be held from moving endwise by a heavy blow on a center punch through the loop and into these strips, as at 6 6 in Figs. 1, 2, and The large ends Serial No. 574,960. (No model.)

of the coils may be connected together in any suitable form, the connecting-strips S 8 being designed to hold the small end of the single cone and the center of the double cone. 5 5

Figs. 1, 2, and 3 show the springs and their connections as inverted from the way I generally use them.

IVhen I use the double coil or cone springs, the strips pass through the smallest part or center of the coil, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, and I secure them by depressing the loops and by using another wide strip, this going one turn of the coil above or below this strip in cross-section, as at 9 and 10 in Figs. 4t and 6. I thus hold the springs the other way and so use but one size of metal strips, which is sometimes desirable.

It will be readily understood that the narrow cross-strips 2 2 can go through the double- 7o cone spring and the loop at the same as shown in Fig. 1. By having this long loop raised, as shown, I am enabled to slide the loop radially onto the coil sidewise without twisting or turning the spring, thus saving time and labor.

Itwill be readily understood that a sufficient number of coils of such springs, secured together as shown, may be put in position to form a chair, couch, cot, or bed bottom, as desired.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In connections for coiled springs, the. wide metal strips 8, 8, having loop at to pass onto a coil of the cone-spring 3 as shown, the strip 2 passing transversely through the loop 4 within the coil, substantially as shown.

2. In connections for coiled springs, the wide metal strips 8, 8, having center loops & to pass onto the center of a coiled spring, a strip passing transversely through the center of the coiled springs, the strips being adapted to engage the springs and hold them 5 in position, substantially as shown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

IVILLIAM C. VAN OISE.

IVitnesses:

N. THOMAS, M. E. TowNE. 

